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Monday, April 12, 2010

SOUNDS LIKE GOOD ADVICE

Editors Note: THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMPUTERS! HOWEVER AREN'T PEOPLE YOU LOVE WORTH MORE? SO I POST IT HERE. I am usually very suspicious of most emails claiming to come from a policeman or other authority figure. They are most often false. But this one had a ring of truth based on what I have heard and read. So here it is. If you disagree, let's have your comments!PROTECTION FIRST! SAFETY TIPS!It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1.Tip from Karate :

The elbowis the strongest point on your body.

If you are close enough to use it,do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide.

If a robber asksfor your wallet and/or purse,

DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.

Toss it away from you....

Chances arethat he is more interested

in your wallet and/or pursethan you,

and he will gofor the wallet/purse.

RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever throwninto the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lightsand stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy..

The driver won't see you,but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendencyto get into their cars after shopping, eating, or workingand just sit updating their checkbook, or making a list, etc.

DON'T DO THIS!

The predatorwill be watching you,and this is the perfect opportunityfor him to get in on the passenger side,put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go.

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR,

LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..

If someone is in the car

with a gun to your head

DO NOT DRIVE OFF, Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF!

Instead gun the engine

and speed into anything,wrecking the car.

Your Air Bag will save you.

If the person isin the back seat, they will get the worst of it.

As soon as the car crashes, bail out and run.

It is betterthan having themfind your body

in a remote location.

5.A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:

A) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor ,and in the back seat B) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vanswhile the women are attemptingto get into their cars.

C) Look at the car parked on the driver's sideof your vehicle, and on the passenger side...If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car,you may want to walk back into the mall, or workplace and get a guard/policemanto walk you back out.

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYStake the elevator instead of the stairs.

Stairwells are horrible placesto be alone and the perfect crime spot.

This is especially true at NIGHT!

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!

The predator will only hit you(a running target)

4 in 100 times;and even then,

it most likelyWILL NOTbe a vital organ.

RUN,Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!

8. As women,we are always trying

to be sympathetic:

STOP

It may get you raped,or killed..

Ted Bundy,the serial killer,was a good-looking,

well educated man,who ALWAYS played

on the sympathiesof unsuspecting women.

He walked with a cane,or a limp,and often

asked'for help'into his vehicleor with his vehicle, which is when he abducted

his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point:

Someone just told methat her friend heard

a crying baby on her porchthe night before last,

and she called the policebecause it was late

and she thought it was weird..The police told her

'Whatever you do,DO NOT open the door..'

The ladythen said thatit sounded like the baby

had crawled near a window,and she was worried that it would crawlto the streetand get run over.

The policeman said,'We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do,DO NOT open the door..'

He told her that they thinka serial killer

has a baby's cry recordedand uses it to coax

women out of their homesthinking that someone

dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several callsby women saying that they hear baby's criesoutside their doors when they're home aloneat night.

10. Water scam!

If you wake up in the middle

of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a

burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your

outside taps full ball so that you will go out to investigate and

then attack.

Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!

Please pass this on

Thise-mail should probablybe taken seriously because the Crying Baby Theorywas mentioned on America 's Most Wantedwhen they profiled

the serial killer in Louisiana.

I'd like youto forward thisto all the women you know.

It may save a life.A candle is not dimmedby lighting another candle..

I was going to send this to the ladies only,

but guys,if you love your mothers,wives,sisters,daughters, etc.,

you may want topass it onto them, as well.

Send thisto any woman you knowthat may need

to be remindedthat the world we live inhas a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safethan sorry.

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